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Summers off

Nursing educators: do you get the summer off? How does that work with your pay? Interested to hear how it works with you!

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    • Do you work in the summer? 7 members have participated

    1. 1. Do you work in the summer?

      • Yes, 12 months a year
        57%
        4
      • No, 9 months a year
        14%
        1
      • I can, it’s an option for more pay
        28%
        2

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    • Moderator

    I am a hospital clinical educator and teach in an RN-to-BSN online. I just had a week for spring break! But my positions are year-round.

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    • Experts

    At the school where I teach (adjunct, not full time) ... most faculty contracts are for 9 months ... but some classes are taught in the summer and people can teach them if they want the extra money. As an adjunct, I just teach fall and spring semesters because there are usually enough regular faculty to cover the summer classes.

    Years ago, I had a 9-month contract at another school ... but had the option of receiving my pay over the 9-month period or spreading it over the 12-month period. Some people prefer that so that they have the same income each month.

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    • Experts

    I'm on a 12-month contract, but some of my colleagues are on 9-month contracts, and they receive their pay over 12 months.

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    • Experts

    I worked as full-time faculty at a community college and had a 12-month contract, so it wasn't an issue. However, 9-month contract faculty there had the option of getting their pay over nine months or over 12 months. I taught in a state university baccalaureate program in which I had a 9-month contract, and the university automatically spread the pay out over 12 months whether you wanted that or not.

    Most of the 9-month contract nursing faculty I've known over the years have worked over the summer in some capacity (like prn in their clinical specialty to stay clinically current).

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    My school does not work off the traditional academic calendar as it best meets our students' needs. We are "open" and provide full academic services 52 weeks a year, closing only for federal holidays.

    So ALL of our faculty work 48-50 weeks per year depending on seniority.

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    I am required to teach just one summer session each year. I just got a new educator job. we will see how the summer teaching goes.

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    I only teach clinical in a year long LPN program. I get time off between quarters. I teach second quarter and there are a few weeks of no clinical at the start of second quarter. My school is only closed for a week at Christmas time and a week around July 4th. I am still able to take a week off for a vacation during clinical if I want to.

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    I have summers off and are paid over 12 months. Love it.

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